Sir Henry Willock (1790 – 1858) was a lieutenant-colonel and the British Envoy to Persia from 1815-1826.[1] He was the chairman of the East India Company (EIC) in 1844–45.[2][3] Willock married Elizabeth Davis, daughter of EIC Director and orientalist Samuel Davis, in 1826.[4]
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- ^ "Who was who in Central Asia (British)". bl.uk. The British Library. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ "People of historical note buried in the borough M to Z". richmond.gov.uk. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Civic Centre. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ "News of the Week". The Spectator. 12 July 1845. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1860). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison and Sons. p. 271.
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